Meredith d'Ambrosio (born 1941) is an American jazz singer from Boston, Massachusetts.
Meredith d'Ambrosio | |
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| Born | 1941 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation | Musician |
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| Years active | 1970s–present |
| Labels | Palo Alto, Sunnyside |
| Website | Meredith d'Ambrosio at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 January 2020) |
Career
editD'Ambrosio was born into a musical family and took piano lessons beginning at the age of six. In 1958 she spent a year at the Boston Museum School, then pursued a career in painting and music. She rejected an offer to tour with John Coltrane in 1966.[1] Over ten years later she recorded her debut album, mostly providing her own piano accompaniment.[2] In 1988, d'Ambrosio and jazz pianist Eddie Higgins were married and became a popular team at clubs and festivals, as well as recording for Sunnyside Records. She appeared on the radio program Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland in 1994.[1]
In addition to singing and playing piano, she is a composer, lyricist, painter, calligrapher, and teacher. Her album Out of Nowhere (2000) was nominated for the Django Award by the French Academy of Jazz.[1]
Discography
edit- Lost in His Arms (Spring, 1980)
- Another Time (Shiah, 1981)
- Little Jazz Bird (Palo Alto, 1982)
- It's Your Dance (Sunnyside, 1985)
- The Cove (Sunnyside, 1988)
- South to a Warmer Place (Sunnyside, 1989)
- Love Is Not a Game (Sunnyside, 1991)
- Shadowland (Sunnyside, 1993)
- Sleep Warm (Sunnyside, 1994)
- Beware of Spring! (Sunnyside, 1995)
- Silent Passion (Sunnyside, 1997)
- Echo of a Kiss (Sunnyside, 1998)
- Out of Nowhere (Sunnyside, 2000)
- Love Is for the Birds (Sunnyside, 2002)
- Wishing on the Moon (Sunnyside, 2006)
- By Myself (Sunnyside, 2012)
- Sometime Ago (Sunnyside, 2021)
References
edit- ^ a b c Yanow, Scott. "Meredith d'Ambrosio". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ Lost In His Arms at Discogs